Partition for banks, offices, and other similar places



Maj 21, 1929. E. e, GASSEN 1,714,305

PARTITION FOR BANKS, OFFICES, AND OTHER SIMILAR PLACES Fil edrJuly 11, 1927' Patented May 21, 1929.

UNITED STATES EMIL G. GASSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PARTITION FOR BANKS, OFFICES, AND OTHER SIMILAR; PLACES.

Application filed July 11,

This invention relates to a partition which is adapted to be substituted for the grille partitions which are often installed in banks, offices and other places to separate an outer space or room from the space or room in which the employees are allotted to work.

Among the objects of the invention is to obtain a partition whereby the employees of an establishment where it is installed will be protected from assault and injury from a person or persons in the space or room provided for those having business to transact, or desirous of receiving money of a different denomination, for checks, from pay rolls, or in the payment of bills presented. A further object is to provide a partition which will afford the employees positioned on one side thereof, means to view so much of the space or room, and of the person on the other side thereof, asis necessary to enable said employees to intelligently and expeditiously perform any and all duties incumbent on or desirable for them to perform, while protected as recited. A further object is to obtain a partition which is economically made and installed, of good appearance, durable, and the movable members associated therewith are readily understood and easily operated.

In the drawing referred to Fig. 1 is a front elevation of aportion of a partition and of a movable member associated with and forming a part thereof:

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of said portion of the partition, on line 22 of Fig. 1, viewed as indicated by arrows.

Fig 3 is a horizontal section of said portion of the partition on line 33 of Fig. 1,

viewed as indicated by arrows; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective of a slidable drawer. forming an element inan installation embodying the invention.

A reference character applied to designate a given part indicates said part throughout the several figures of the drawing wherever the same appears.

This partition preferably extends from a floor. to a height approximately eight feet above said floor, and may be made of sheet metal 1 represents the body ofthe partition; 2 a portion of said body representing a mop board, and 3 a portion representing a cornice. 4 represents a table which extends to or along the front and therear of said body portion 1. The table 4 is removed in front 1927. Serial No. 204,811.

of and in the rear of said body portion at the part thereof through which the drawer hereinafter described is made to slide; and is provided with the downwardly extending bend 5' adjacent to the ends thereof caused by the removal of the part of the table to drawer 7, by means of which its position I is controlled.

The partition 1 is provided with apertures, 10, 11, and vision directing means 12, 13, respectively, to said apertures. Body portion 1 isalso provided with an aperture through which the drawer 7 can be moved from the rear of the partition to in front thereof, and

from in front to the rear, by a person standing in the rear of the partition, as by means of handle 10.

The flanges 8 and 9 are provided so that while the drawer can be easily moved by means of handle 10, it cannot be lifted from the table 4. The object of this is that a person in front of the table will not be able to removethe drawer and obtain a view of the persons and things in the rear of the partition. The drawer is also provided with the downwardly extending flanges 15, 16'at its ends, to limit the sliding movement thereof on the table 4, said downwardly extending flanges coming in contact with the front and rear faces of the partition, respectively, as the drawer'is moved to the limit of itstravel.

The vision directing means, 12, 13, are intended for the protection of the employee who has occasion to use the apertures 11, 12, to view the contents of the drawer 7, or the face of the person in front of the partition who desires to use said drawer. The bottom, top and sides of saidvision directing means flare outwardly toward the rear from apertures 10, 11, so the employee at the rear of the partition can readily look through said vision directing means and apertures; and said apertures and vision directing means are sopositioned that a person in front of the partition cannot observe the position or person to the rear of the partipermit a person standing on a determined side of saidpartition to view the interior of said drawer through said additional aperture when said drawer is on the opposite side of said partition. p

2. In a partition provided with an aperture and a drawer adapted to slide through said aperture, andprovided with a plurality of additional apertures, the combination therewith of vision directing means mounted on said partition, arranged to permit a person standing on a determined side of said partition to-view the interior of said drawer through one of said additional apertures when said drawer is on the opposite side of said partition, and also to view the face of a person standing on said opposite side of said partition.

EMIL e. GASSEN. 

